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In support of Mursi 22 Jul 2013 - 01:34 am

Activists of Jamaat-e-Islami gather in support of ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Mursi, during a rally in Lahore, yesterday.

Pakistan seeks to reset frayed Afghan ties 22 Jul 2013 - 01:34 am

KABUL: Pakistan’s new foreign policy chief denied yesterdaybacking Afghanistan’s breakup or planning to end the Afghan war with a power-sharing role for the...

Peshawar power firm seeks divine help to stop theft 22 Jul 2013 - 01:34 am

PESHAWAR: A Pakistani power company is appealing to its customers’ religious consciences in a desperate bid to get them to stop stealing electricity...

Kabul unveils new investor incentives 22 Jul 2013 - 01:33 am

KABUL: The Afghan government yesterday unveiled a new package of incentives to attract desperately needed investment to the war-torn country before Nato withdraws...

Next president likely to be from Sindh 22 Jul 2013 - 01:33 am

ISLAMABAD: With the departure of President Asif Ali Zardari now just a matter of time, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will have to choose...

Japan PM wins key upper house vote 22 Jul 2013 - 01:32 am

Japan’s Prime Minister and President of the Liberal Democratic Party, Shinzo Abe (centre) smiles as he places a red paper rose on an...

Cambodian oppn chief applies to stand in elections 22 Jul 2013 - 01:31 am

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s newly returned opposition leader yesterday applied to be reinstated as an electoral candidate in order to stand against strongman Prime...

Sympathy for China airport blast protester 22 Jul 2013 - 01:31 am

BEIJING: Chinese citizens expressed support yesterday for a disabled man who set off an explosion at Beijing’s international airport, injuring himself in an...

New study ignites debate over Indonesia’s Lusi mud volcano 22 Jul 2013 - 01:31 am

PARIS: Scientists yesterday sparked a fresh debate over what triggered Indonesia’s Lusi mud volcano, still spewing truckloads of slime more than seven years...

Tibetan dies after self-immolation 22 Jul 2013 - 01:28 am

BEIJING: A Tibetan monk died after setting himself on fire in southwest China, reports said yesterday, in the first such protest for more...

Hong Kong scribe quits over Alibaba founder’s remarks 22 Jul 2013 - 01:26 am

SHANGHAI: A Hong Kong journalist has quit in a controversy over disputed remarks that Jack Ma, founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group,...

Philippe sworn in as new king of Belgium 22 Jul 2013 - 01:25 am

King Philippe of Belgium pays homage to the Unknown Soldier at Congress Column on the occasion of Belgium’s National Day in Brussels yesterday....

New Zealand earthquake hits power, train services 22 Jul 2013 - 01:25 am

WELLINGTON: A powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocked central New Zealand yesterday, sending frightened people into the streets, halting trains and downing power lines. However,...

5 abducted Mali officials freed 22 Jul 2013 - 01:24 am

BAMAKO, Mali: All five polling officials who were abducted in northern Mali have been released, an official in the Kidal region said yesterday,...

Iranian diplomat kidnapped 22 Jul 2013 - 01:22 am

A Yemeni soldier stands guard in front of the Iranian embassy in Sana’a yesterday as authorities tighten security measures after gunmen suspected of...

Bashar Al Assad is stronger now, says Cameron 22 Jul 2013 - 01:22 am

London/DAMASCUS: British Prime Minister David Cameron has admitted the Syrian president, Bashar Al Assad, has strengthened his position in recent months as he...

18 killed as Iraqis slam government over bombings 22 Jul 2013 - 01:21 am

BAGHDAD: Violence in Iraq killed 18 people yesterday, as ordinary Iraqis poured scorn on the authorities for failing to stem a weekend of...

Rights group blasts Kuwait over jailing of activist 22 Jul 2013 - 01:20 am

KUWAIT CITY: Human Rights Watch yesterday blasted Kuwait over a 20-month jail sentence served on a female online activist for “offending the emir”...